Speaker

Tara Anstey, director, business development, client value, Medavie Blue Cross

Tara Anstey is the director of business development and client value at Medavie Blue Cross. Before joining Medavie, she was a principal and member of the national legislative and drug consulting teams with a major consulting firm. She has more than 25 years of experience in the employee benefits industry. Prior to this, she worked with a law firm in Vancouver, principally in its employment law practice, and as an underwriter with a major Canadian life insurance company.

Legal, financial and reputational risk management is a key focus for Anstey’s engagement with clients and advisors in the market, with drug plan risk strategies continuing to dominate these discussions.

Anstey holds a bachelor of arts degree from Acadia University and a law degree from Dalhousie University. She has also been awarded the certified employee benefit specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.